Leviticus 25:40
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shall be with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubile.
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- Exodus 21:2–3Rank 1 from verse 40
2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
2*If thou buy an Hebrew seruant, sixe yeeres he shall serue, and in the seuenth he shall goe out free for nothing.
3If he came in †by himselfe, he shal goe out by himselfe: if he were married, then his wife shall goe out with him.
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Leviticus 25:40
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hire, meaning to employ or obtain work for payment.
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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
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A stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or temporary resident dwelling in a place without permanent native possession.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.
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A period of twelve months; a stated annual period.
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25:39¶ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
25:39¶ And *if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not †compell him to serue as a bond seruant.
25:40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
25:40 But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shall be with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubile.
Selected passage25:41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
25:41And then shall hee depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his owne familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne.
25:42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
25:42For they are my seruants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold †as bond men.
25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
25:43*Thou shalt not rule ouer him with rigour, but shalt feare thy God.
25:44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
25:44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt haue, shall be of the Heathen, that are round about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
25:45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
25:45Moreouer, of the children of the strangers that do soiourne among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shalbe your possession.
25:46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
25:46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherite them for a possession, †they shal bee your bondmen for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one ouer another with rigour.